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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Fraud email example:

From: koffina kallon <koffina_kallon2005@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 08:54:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM MRS KOFFINA KALLON. URGENT


Dear Kane,

Thanks for your mail and your willingness to assist me,Dear may the good Lord continue to guide and protect you in all your endeavoures in Jesus name and I know that this timed contact will bring us to a lasting relationship which will be build upon truth and will be rooted with the fear of God.

Dear to tell you the gospel truth, our condition here is very critical couple with the political crisis here, so please if you know what it will take you to assist us, please do for God who join us together will not leave us alone and I am assuring you that everything will workout successfully in Jesus name.

So go ahead and send your banking information to me so that by monday I will go and submitt it to the bank so that they will credit your account and effect the transfer immidiately.

Please Dear, I think is will be good if we keep this transaction very secret and confidential for our security and safety ok.
the bank demands are as follows:

1) Your name in full
2) Your bank name and address
3) Your bank account number and swift code
4) Your private phone and fax numbers
5) Your international passort photocopies first and second pages

As soon as you send all this informations I will submit to the bank, and the bank will effect the transfer of the fund into your account without any delay.

Like I said ealeair, please always keep this transcation secret for out benefit, because I do not know the people that killed my late husband will be all out to destroy my entire family and claim our inhearitance, so as soon as I hear from you today I will send you my international passport and all the documents issued to my late husband at the day of deposit will be forwarded to you for your confirmation and verification ok.

As i wait to hear from you today

YOURS Mrs KOFFINA KALLON.


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